Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!van-bc!nntp.portal.ca!news From: Christoff Snijders <hjcs@portal.ca> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Mail-order computers???? Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 08:15:54 -0800 Organization: Client of Intenet Portal Services Lines: 35 Message-ID: <315C0CBA.51EE@portal.ca> References: <4j2lkd$ke5@newshost.lanl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: d143.portal.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I) Charlie Sorsby wrote: > > I'm looking to buy a computer on which to run FreeBSD. I will > appreciate e-mail from anyone who's had good or bad experience with > the various mail-order suppliers, suggestions, etc. Money is an > object, unfortunately, so I'd like to get the best bang for the > buck that I can. But I've read some scary stuff about mail order. > > Suggestions about minimum configurations, how to be sure what I'm > getting mail-order, etc. much appreciated. My problem is that I've > used Unix for quite a while but am not very familiar with PCs. > > Best, > > Charlie "Older than dirt" Sorsby "I'm the NRA!" > crs@hamlet.lanl.gov Life Member since 1965 Charlie If you want a cost-effective alternative to buying the raw components and practically putting them together yourself, I've had some very good experiences with Gateway 2000. I'm running FreeBSD 2.1 on a Gateway Pentium 120MHz. It's one of their standard Professional systems, but I had them add a 28.8 modem and transplant the machine from its standard desktop case to a tower case. You can pick up almost any PC magazine to see the machine's configuration. All this for ca. $2,900 US. I didn't check the configuration of the machine very carefully before I bought it, to ensure that everything would be compatible, but FreeBSD installed and runs effortlessly, even though the machine is very up to date with six-speed IDE CDROM drive and all. My two cents' worth.